At The Alton, we focus on living in the moment and not letting dementia define us.

The activities that make up a resident’s daily experience should reflect the individual’s preferred lifestyle while providing a sense of usefulness, pleasure, success and as normal a level of functioning as possible.

Activity=Being in Action

The activities that help us feel safe, in charge, socially connected, loved and loving come from day to day, moment to moment events and encounters of life. A full balanced life depends on successfully performing activities from three domains:

• Productive activities (work) that make us feel useful and needed
• Leisure activities (relaxation and entertainment) that are fun
• Self-care activities (personal and instrumental activities of daily living) through which we express our independence and the intimate personal aspects of personality